The UChicago cyclotron was installed in the basement of the Mitchell Hospital in late 2016. Making the Cyclotron Facility a Reality In honor of the foundationâ€™s gift, the Universityâ€™s imaging program will be renamed the William F. Oâ€™Connor Molecular Imaging Program. The addition of the cyclotron would no doubt have pleased William Oâ€™Connor, who was a patient at the medical center. Former chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade, Oâ€™Connor died in 1999 from pancreatic cancer. Before his death, he established the William F. Oâ€™Connor Foundation to help support cancer research in Illinois. Since 2000, the foundation has given more than $3 million to the University toward cancer research. Adds Mary Jo McGuire, who was a personal friend of Oâ€™Connorâ€™s and also serves on the foundationâ€™s board, â€śWe all knew him very well, and we just try to envision what he would have wanted us to do. We never disagree about that,â€ť McGuire says. 9